Ensure PPP/C returns to office to continue development – Croal tells Reg 1 residents
Having witnessed transformation over the last five years, residents of Region One (Barima-Waini) are being urged to ensure that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) return to office after the September 1 General and Regional Elections to continue the development across the region.
The reminder was made by Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal at a public meeting on Saturday at Port Kaituma’s Fitzburg Recreational Ground, sharing the stage with President Irfaan Ali, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, and enthusiastic young candidates of the party.
Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal speaking at the PPP’s public meeting at the Fitzburg Recreational Ground in Port Kaituma on Saturday
Croal encouraged the large crowd at the meeting to go back to their communities and share messages of the progress under the PPP/C with their fellow neighbours so that, altogether, they can ensure the development can continue beyond September 1.
“We have less than one month,” the Minister declared, urging residents to “look around, look at the villages right here and around Matarkai, and see the progress we have achieved to date.”
From 2020 to date, the PPP/C Government has invested over $67 billion in communities across the Barima-Waini region, including the Matarkai sub-district in Port Kaituma, which benefited from billions of dollars to enhance basic services there.
According to Minister Croal, residents of Matarkai have a lot to be proud of, from improved road infrastructure to enhanced potable water access and quality healthcare.
“You said to him [President Irfaan Ali], ‘We want you to fast-track for us to have permanent roads… [to go to] Matthew’s Ridge now and you will see construction work ongoing for concrete roads,” the Minister said in his remarks.
Access to water has seen improvement as the Government has invested over $5 billion to drill more than 100 wells in the hinterland region since 2020, delivering clean and safe water to thousands of residents in remote villages, including thousands in Region One.
This year, the Ministry plans to drill 51 new wells in Region One to provide potable water to residents.
“In under four years, over 21 wells have been drilled here in Baramita, Matthew’s Ridge …Sibai…Canal Bank [etc.],” he said while announcing that the Fitzburg Community Development Council (CDC) will benefit from a new water well.
In healthcare, communities across the region are benefitting from the telemedicine initiative, a transformative network that allows remote communities to access reliable, quality healthcare.
